John Richard "Streamline" Ewing (January 19, 1917 – February 1, 2002) was an American

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trombonist.

Career

In 1934, Ewing began his career when he was seventeen. Four years later he was with Horace Henderson, then with Earl Hines live and on record from 1938 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1942. He worked for short spans with Louis Armstrong and

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in the 1940s, in addition to

Jimmie Lunceford James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era. Early life Lunceford was born on a farm in the Evergreen community, west of the Tombigbee River, near Fulton, ...

(1943–45),

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(1946, 1949),

Jay McShann James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and ...

(1948),

Cootie Williams Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Biography Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the You ...

(1950),

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

, and

Earl Bostic Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he ...

. In the early 1950s he moved to California and played with George Jenkins and in the studio with T-Bone Walker and

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

. He began playing with Teddy Buckner in 1956; the two would play together on and off into the 1980s. He led his band the Streamliners for recording sessions in 1958 and 1960. In 1962 he toured with Henderson again and with

Rex Stewart Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra. Career As a boy he studied piano and violin; most of his career was spent on cornet. Stewart drop ...

in 1967. Late in the 1960s he played in the Young Men of New Orleans band. In 1983 he played with the Eagle Brass Band and recorded with

Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, and talent scout. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He ...

in 1990. He played on two Willy DeVille albums: '' Backstreets of Desire'' (1992) and '' Big Easy Fantasy'' (1995).

Discography

As sideman

With

* '' You Better Believe It!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1964) * '' On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * '' Feelin' Kinda Blues'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) With others *

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, ''Saturday's Child'' (Horizon, 1963) * Hoyt Axton, ''Hoyt Axton Sings Bessie Smith'' (Exodus, 1965) *

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, ''Midnight On the Water'' (CBS, 1975) *

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, ''Hard Times'' (Bluesway, 1973) * Bobby Bryant, ''Earth Dance World'' (Pacific Jazz, 1969) * Teddy Buckner, ''Frank Bull and Gene Norman Present...Teddy Buckner and His Dixieland Band'' (Dixieland Jubilee, 1957) * Teddy Buckner, ''On the Sunset Strip'' (GNP Crescendo, 1961) *

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, ''Swingin' Suite'' (Modern, 1956) * Red Callender, ''The Lowest'' (MetroJazz, 1958) *

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, ''Filthy!'' (Grunt, 1972) * Willy DeVille, ''Backstreets of Desire'' (EastWest, 1992) *

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, ''Judy Henske'' (Elektra, 1963) * Judy Henske, ''High Flying Bird'' (Elektra, 1963) * Z. Z. Hill, ''Keep On Lovin' You'' (United Artists, 1975) * Earl Hines, ''The Father Jumps'' (Bluebird, 1975) *

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, ''Something Blue'' (Verve, 1967) * B.B. King, ''Lucille'' (Bluesway, 1968) * Danny O'Keefe, ''The Global Blues'' (Warner Bros., 1979) *

, ''Good Lovin' Blues'' (Ace, 1990) * Johnny Otis, ''Spirit of the Black Territory Bands'' (Arhoolie, 1992) *

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, ''Romesville!'' (Class, 1959) *

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, ''Lady Sings the Blues'' (Motown, 1972) *

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, ''River Deep Mountain High'' (London, 1966) *

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, ''Head Start'' (Flying Dutchman, 1969) * T-Bone Walker, '' Stormy Monday Blues'' (Bluesway, 1968) * Charles Wright, ''Rhythm and Poetry'' (Warner Bros., 1972)

References

External links

Interview of John Ewing
Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Streamline 1917 births 2002 deaths American jazz trombonists Male trombonists Musicians from Topeka, Kansas 20th-century American musicians 20th-century trombonists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians